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ADOLF LASAOK, OF OXFORD JUNCTION, IOWA.

HAY-LOADER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 356,541, dated January 25, 1,887.

Application iiled July 31, 1886. Serial No. 209,656. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ADOLE LAsAoK, of Oxford Junction, in the county of Jones and State of Iowa, have invented a new and Improved Hay-Loader, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The invention relates to cert-ain improvements in hay-loaders provided with side rakes and reciprocating elevating-bars; and the invention consists of the construction, arrangement, and combination of parts, all as hereinafter described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the gures.

Figure l is a broken plan view of my new and improved hay-loader. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional elevation taken on the line x x of Fig. l; and Fig. 4 is a front elevation of the loader, showing the under surface of the elevator.

A A represent the drive-wheels of the hayloader, secured upon the axle B. Upon the axle Bis placed a main frame, composed, mainly, of the side bars, O C, front uprights, C C', front cross-bar, O2, and theintermediate cross-bars, C3 O3. This main frame supports the elevator D, the main side pieces, dd, thereof being connected to the rear ends of the side pieces, Gand also to the upper ends of the uprights C', so that the elevator is held in inclined position. The elevator D is composed, mainly, of the said side pieces, d d, the cross-pieces d d', and bottom slats, d2 d2. To the rear lower end of the elevator are attached the shoes D D', which run upon the ground and balance the loader. Rising from the side pieces,d d, of the elevator are the uprights E E, to the upper endsof which are pivoted the ends of the rakehead F, which is provided with the rake-teeth f, arranged to run upon the ground for gathering the hay at the lower end of the chute D. The raketeeth are held in contact with the ground by a spring, f', made fast at its lower end to one of the uprights E, and attached at its other end to a crank or arm, f2, attached to the rake-head, as shown clearly in Figs. 2 and 3. To the arm f2 and to another like arm, f2, in the opposite end of the rake-head are attached the small ropes or cords G, which pass upper end of the elevator, so that by turning this shaft the rake-teeth may be raised and lowered as circumstances require. A ratchetwheel, g, is attached to t-hc shaft G, and a pawl, ,Y

g', is pivoted to engage therewith, so that the shaft may be locked at any desired position.

H H represent the side rakes, each consisting of a rake-head, h, and rake-teeth hf, secured therein. The side rakes are attached to the side pieces, d, of the elevator,` each by a hinge-connection, b, and to the upright pieces C', each by a rod, I, passed through the outer end of the rake-head and connected to the upright by a hinge-connection, i. rlhe hingeconnections b t permit the side rakes to be raised and lowered by the small ropes or cords J, which are attached to the rake-heads -and pass through the guides g3, and thence to the crank-shaft G. The rods I are of such length as to hold the outer ends of the rake-heads forward from the connection b, so that the side rakes stand diagonal to the elevator D, so that hay collected by them will tend to find its way to the main central rake, F, so that it will be forced up ,the elevator D, together with the hay collected by the main rake, by the action of the carrier K.

To effect a positive shifting of the hay gathered by the side rakes to t-he central rake and elevator, I provide each rake with a shifting device, L. rlhese are constantly reciprocated longitudinally by the crank-shafts L', which are journaled in the cross-pieces C3 and connected to the shifting devices by connectingrods l, and revolved from the axle B by the gear-wheels Z Z2, the two crank-shafts L being geared together by the small pinions Z3, as shown clearly in Fig. 1. The shifting devices in this instance are composed each of a bar, m, provided with a series of lingers, m. llhe outer end of each bar mis connected' by alink, m2, to the rake-head h, while its inner end is supported by the connecting-rod l, held in a loop or bearing, Z4. The ngersm of the shifting devices are stop-hinged, so they will move the hay upon their inward but not upon their outward movement. They are by preference bent at right angles, and are attached to the heads m loosely by staplesn, and reach down through slots m4, madein the heads; so the IOO fingers are free to swing toward the elevator D, but are locked from swinging away from the elevator. In this manner, upon the outward movement of the shifting devices, the lingers m ride over the hay, while upon the reverse movement they catch the hay and move it toward the elevatorD.

For elevating the hay in the elevator D in this instance, I provide six elevatinghars, K. These are provided with stop-hinged fingers k, and arevalternately reciprocated and moved to and from the hed of the elevator D by the cranks p ofthe crank-shaft P, which is revolved from the shaft B through the medium of the belts P and the pulleys P2. The crank-shaft I is journaled in boxes attached to the uprights E, and is connected at the ends of the cranks to the hars K by suitable straps, and the upper ends ofthe hars K K are alternately attached to the upper andlower rods, K K. rIhese rods are held loosely in ways formed by the keepers K3 and the elevated rails K4, so the rods reciprocate with the longitudinal movements of the bars K. rIhe iingers 7c of the hars K are by preference bent at right angles and attached to the bars loosely by staples k', and project down through slots k2, madein the bars, so that the rear ends of the slots lock the finger against downward movement, but permit the iingers to have an upward movement.

In this manner the fingers will ride over the hay upon the downward movement of the bars K, but will engage therewith upon the upward movementof the bars. This motion will cause the hay to be rapidly and continuously earried up the elevator. Y

It will he understood that the crank-shaft I and cranks p thereof elevate the lower ends of the hars K at the time the -hars are moved downward and lower them so theingers cpenetrate the hay at the time the bars are moved upward along the bed of the elevator, and it will he also understood that each pair of bars K are alternately reciproeated, so that the hay is moved steadily and continuously up the elevator as rapidly as it is gathered by the rakes'.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- In a hay-loa"der, the shiftingdevices L, suspended within the side rakes, in combination with the crank-shafts L', connections l, and gear-wheels Z Z2 Z3, all arranged to operate substantially as described.

ADOLF LASAGK.

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